what will be easiest at 4-5 months?

My entire family is getting together in South Dakota at the end of July. My husband and I want to bring the kiddos out there to meet everyone (we don't see them much as our whole family is spread across the US). We live in Indiana. My question for those of you whose munkins are already here is what will be easiest? Flying or driving? Itd be about a 20 hour drive so we would do it in 2 days. Babies are due beginning of April so age wise they will be about 4-5 months old. We aren't sure how we want to do it.

My entire family is getting together in South Dakota at the end of July. My husband and I want to bring the kiddos out there to meet everyone (we don't see them much as our whole family is spread across the US). We live in Indiana. My question for those of you whose munkins are already here is what will be easiest? Flying or driving? Itd be about a 20 hour drive so we would do it in 2 days. Babies are due beginning of April so age wise they will be about 4-5 months old. We aren't sure how we want to do it.

I would say fly with them since it's such a long drive. At that age they are pretty portable either way though. I flew with my daughter at 12 months, and the hum of the plane put her right to sleep. She slept the entire flight both ways. I gave her a bottle at take off and landing to help with ear pressure pain, but she never had any. You never know how they will react to flying though (or being in a car seat for long periods of time for that matter if you do decide to drive). On our flight home with DD, there were two other small babies. One also slept the entire flight and one cryed the entire flight. IMHO, if I were you I would try flying.

I would say fly with them since it's such a long drive. At that age they are pretty portable either way though. I flew with my daughter at 12 months, and the hum of the plane put her right to sleep. She slept the entire flight both ways. I gave her a bottle at take off and landing to help with ear pressure pain, but she never had any. You never know how they will react to flying though (or being in a car seat for long periods of time for that matter if you do decide to drive). On our flight home with DD, there were two other small babies. One also slept the entire flight and one cryed the entire flight. IMHO, if I were you I would try flying.

My girls are just about 5 months old now and to be honest I couldn't imagine making them endure a 20 hour drive! I think they'd go nuts. Plus, feedings are every 3 hours during the day (for us), so if you did something similar to that you'd be stopping a lot to feed, which would add a lot of extra time to your drive! I'd fly if I were you :).

My girls are just about 5 months old now and to be honest I couldn't imagine making them endure a 20 hour drive! I think they'd go nuts. Plus, feedings are every 3 hours during the day (for us), so if you did something similar to that you'd be stopping a lot to feed, which would add a lot of extra time to your drive! I'd fly if I were you :).

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